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Phlebotomy Lecture
Phlebotomy Lecture
PREPARED BY:
Isaiah John B. Fancubit, RMT, MLS (ASCPi)
WHAT IS PHLEBOTOMY?
REFER TO ORDER OF
DRAW
Step 9. CLEAN YOUR AREA
CHECKLIST FOR PRACTICAL EXAM
• Assemble equipment. (gloves, alcohol pad, cotton, syringe, tourniquet, plaster, tubes)
• Identify and prepare the patient. (introduce your name, ask the patient's name, ask the
patient how he or she is feeling)
• Select the site. (1st median, 2nd cephalic, 3rd basilic)
• Perform hand hygiene and put on gloves. (proper handwashing technique)
• Disinfect the entry site. (inner to outer circle motion)
• Let the alcohol dry.
• Take blood. (15-30 degrees, bevel up, smooth motion of draw)
• Cap the needle using 1-hand technique.
• Fill the laboratory sample tubes. (fill the correct volume required and the # of inversions
required.)
• Draw samples in the correct order. (Yellow - SPS, Blue, Red or Yellow – clot activator,
Green, Lavender, Gray)
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